Social Question

How would women cope if they were able to catch.... Man-flu?

As all men know this is one of the most deadly & horrific diseases known to humanity….. far surpassing things such as Ebola or Lassa Hanta. However, being the troopers we are we muddle through with just a few days in bed, a couple of aspirin, & some hot lemon. Do you think women could cope?

Ahhh, man-flu… I’ve watched my brothers, my father, and now my husband cope with this horrific disease. It seems to affect us in odd ways, though. I’ve actually caught it, twice, once fro my brother and once from my husband, and both times, as soon as it hit my body, it toned itself down to the point where I was just slightly ill, a little achy perhaps, but nowhere near the sit-in-the-dark-believing-you’re-going-to-die-call-a-priest confinement stage that they had caught.

Someone should do some research on that virus. I sense a dissertation topic…~

@dpworkin you could be right. If I even get slightly sick or off colour I am impossible, convinced I am going to drop dead any minute. I whine get all panicky, call the fire brigade, phone random people who will listen and plea for help. Yes I am a man.

Lol my dad also does this a lot too. I don’t think I do it. Or maybe unconsciously… But I have to say there is something about my mom and sis systematically categorizing my illnesses as exaggerations. As soon as I simply inform them that I have a headache or something else (seriously I am not one to whine), they start making fun of me, coming this close to saying I am making it all up. It’s kind of annoying really, because it happens, men do get sick!

@mrentropy:) Let me guess, you are the silent sufferer who puts on a happy face so we women can wonder what the hell is really going on in there cause you know… we can sniff out when something’s not all good and fine with you. It’s okay to let someone take care of you now and then.

@Neizvestnaya I don’t put on a happy face, I just go about my normal routine. If I’m feeling really bad I just say so and lay in bed or something. Nobody takes care of me anyway, so that’s not an issue.

What I don’t do, though, is languish around looking like I’m in the race for an Oscar.

1. Man-Flu is more painful than childbirth. This is an irrefutable
scientific fact*.
*(Based on a survey of over 100,000 men.)

2. Man-Flu is not ‘just a cold’. It is a condition so severe that the
germs from a single Man-Flu sneeze could wipe out entire tribes of
people living in the rainforest. And probably loads of monkeys too.

3. Women do not contract Man-Flu. At worst they suffer from what is
medically recognised as a ‘Mild Girly Sniffle’ – which, if a man caught,
he would still be able to run, throw a ball, tear the phone book in half
and compete in all other kinds of manly activities.

4. Men do not ‘moan’ when they have Man-Flu. They emit involuntary
groans of agony that are entirely in proportion to the unbearable pain
they are in..

5. Full recovery from Man-Flu will take place much quicker if their
simple requests for care, sympathy and regular cups of tea or coffee are
met. Is that really so much to ask? Florence Nightingale would have done
it

6. More men die each year from MFN (Man-Flu Neglect) than lots and lots
of other things. (Like rabbit attacks or choking on toast).

7. Men suffering from Man-Flu want nothing more than to get out of bed
and come to work, but they are too selfless to risk spreading this awful
condition amongst their friends and colleagues. In this sense, they are
the greatest heroes this country has ever known.

8. In 1982 scientists managed to simulate the agonising symptoms of full
blown Man-Flu in a female chimp. She became so ill that her head
literally fell off.

9. Man-Flu germs are more powerful than Rambo, Batman and The A-Team
combined. They are too strong for weak, nasty tasting ‘lady medicines’
like Lemsip, so don’t bother trying to force them on a victim of
Man-Flu.

10. While it may seem like a Man-Flu sufferer is just lying around
enjoying ‘Diagnosis Murder’ it is a commonly recognised medical fact
that the exact pitch and frequency of Dick Van Dyke’s voice has
remarkable soothing powers.